To reflect on George W. Bush is to recall the famous confrontation during the Army-McCarthy hearings when witty, urbane and decent trial lawyer Joseph Welch intellectually demolished smear artist and bully Senator Joseph McCarthy.

The words that ultimately did McCarthy in were simple, blunt, and directly to the point.  "Sir, have you no decency?" was the question that stuck in the public mind and reduced a bully to jelly.

George W. Bush, a protégé of McCarthy tactical admirer Karl Rove, possesses much of the braggadocio and arrogance of Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin.  

The same individual who, through using family political influence, jumped the queue to become a member of the Texas Air National Guard to avoid Vietnam service, then went AWOL to avoid flying solo over the city of Houston, loves to preach about patriotism and sacrifice as long as such responsibilities are borne by others.